The Origin of the North American Indians: With a Faithful Description of Their Manners and Customs, Their Religions, Languages, Dress, and Ornaments: Including Various Specimens of Indian Eloquence, as Well as Historical and Biographical Sketches of Almost All the Distinguished Nations and Celebrated Warriors, Statesmen and Orators, Among the Indians of North AmericaCornish, Lamport & Company, 1858 - 345 pages |
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Abernethy America ancient appear arms arrived Asia Asiatic barbarous believe Bishop of Meaux brother cabin called Carthagenians Celtic language ceremony chief civilization coast colours Columbus conjectures continent Coriaks council customs dance dead death Deity descendants discovered discovery doubt dress earth enemies Esquimeaux Europe Europeans father favour feast fire French friends give Greek Greenland guages hair hand head historians human Hurons imagine inhabitants Iroquois island Joktan Julius Cæsar Kamschadales land Lenni-Lennape live manner Mexicans Miantonomo missionaries navigation never North American Indians north-east observed occasion opinion origin painted peace person pillars of Hercules Powhattan present prisoners race received religion resemblance river sachem Santini savages Scythians seldom Semoyads Siberia sing skins sometimes song sons of Noah soon speak speech Spirit Tartars thing tion Tongusi treaty tribes village voyage wampum warriors whence women
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Page 268 - During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was 'my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, ' Logan is the friend of the white men.
Page xxii - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 275 - Friend and brother, it was the will of the Great Spirit that we should meet together this day. He orders all things, and he has given us a fine day for our council. He has taken his garment from before the sun, and caused it to shine with brightness upon us; our eyes are opened, that we see clearly; our ears are unstopped, that we have been able to hear distinctly the words that you have spoken; for all these favors we thank the Great Spirit, and him only.
Page 68 - October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes, all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had so long been the object of their wishes.
Page xxix - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 296 - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Page 277 - Brother, we do not understand these things. We are told that your religion was given to your forefathers, and has been handed down from father to son. We also have a religion, which was given to our forefathers and has been handed down to us, their children. We worship in that way. It teaches us to be thankful for all the favors we receive, to love each other and to be united. We never quarrel about religion.
Page 67 - He affected to seem ignorant of their machinations. Notwithstanding the agitation and solicitude of his own mind he appeared with a cheerful countenance, like a man satisfied with the progress he had made, and confident of success. Sometimes he employed all the arts of insinuation to soothe his men. Sometimes he endeavoured to work upon their ambition or avarice by magnificent descriptions of the fame and wealth which they were about to acquire. On other occasions he assumed a tone of authority,...
Page 68 - ... towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for several days in this new direction, without any better success than formerly, having seen no object during thirty days but the sea and the sky, the hopes of his companions subsided faster than they had risen ; their fears revived with additional force; impatience, rage, and despair appeared in every countenance.
Page 69 - As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled. From every ship an island was seen about two leagues to the north, whose flat and verdant fields, well stored with wood, and watered with many rivulets, presented the aspect of a delightful country. The crew of the Pinta instantly began the Te Deum...